Enzymatic bating method

US3939040A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rohm Co., Ltd. · JP

Inventors

• Rolf Monsheimer · Darmstadt, DE
• Ernst Pfleiderer · Weiterstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 23, 1974
• Grant date: Feb 17, 1976
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 1994

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C14C1/08
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for bating soaked, limed, dehaired hides with an enzyme mixture of (a) a bacterial protease having an optimum efficacy toward hemoglobin at a pH from 10 to 12 and (b) a fungus protease having an optimum efficacy toward casein at a pH greater than 7, or a neutral to weakly alkaline bacterial protease, papain, or trypsin.